Monday, December 2, 2013

Week 24 Service,Tracking a B&B

Dear Moma,                                                                 

                                                          10-15-2013
No niin, So little story to start off my email. Yesterday we were going through our normal routine. Scriture study the whole bit. We got a call from a member in our ward in the middle of companionship study and he asked if we could help him this morning.
Of course we can. We love service. (We don't think he knew it was our P-day) So we were ready at 10 am ready to go. (10:00 is language study) We headed out to his house and we raked his entire lawn after he already had once. We then took all the leaves and rubbish to the land field. We were with him about 4 hours. After Helping Veli Kervinen I let elder Speirs email. We then had bible study at 5/17:00 until 19:45.We talked after bible study. After bible study we headed back to the church for me to email...at the same time that i was suppose to email Elder Gourley and Sisar Gourley were having FHE with the YSA. So my email time did not work out so well. And that is the Story of yesterday.
We still had to get food for this week this morning so these last two days have been a little crazy different.
How is everything back home. So Kindsey decided in her sleep that she wanted to change the wall paper. I will pay her a Euro if she licks the wall next time. ;) BUT i need proof that it is really happens.
Elder Hampton, I have heard of him but i do not know him.
All is well here in Rovaniemi, We are down to no investigators again, but that means that finding is going up. We have also been working harder to meet with our formers as well as meet with potentials. Our branch is also being a great help. There is a real desire to do missionary work here. Elder Speirs and I have talked about it. We feel that Rovaniemi is on the edge of just exploding with missionary work. We are meeting so many really cool people that seem to really be interested. We set a new goal to have 5 teaches a day, With investigators, potentials, new converts, members, new converts. Teach when we Find and Find when we teach. We also have started a list of people that we are praying to find that our branch needs. We are building a stake here in the North Zone. I am excited to see where Rovaniemi will be in just a couple of months. It has already changed from when i first came here. And that is really fun to see.
We had a fun experience Sunday night when we went to visit a former. We had a former in our area book that lived in the boonies of Finland. (20 minute bike ride north) (Dirt roads) It was later in the evening and this would be our last house we would stop by be for heading home. After biking for about 25 minutes we find the house. In our Area book it had said that one of the children was interested. We didn't know about the family, but we decided to stop by anyways. We get there and the father of the house hold answers. To my surprise he invites us in. This has only happened three times since i have been here.
We come in and we start talking about stuff and we ask about church and what role that plays in their life. "Yeah, we believe in God and Jesus Christ....but are you not going to check in?"
...."no?"
That is when the husband and his wife began to explain that this was a B&B (Bed and Breakfast.) We had a good laugh about it. We ended up teaching the First lesson to the Owners of this B&B and they are now potentials.
Not sure how many Missionaries can say that they tracked a B&B.
Question for my Bishop.
I heard that Porter and Jessie are now in our Ward. How are they doing? How is Dean Larson and his wife? Do they still live behind us? If so could i get their contact information?
Look up the Mormon Message ´Earthly Father, Heavenly Father´ Changed my life.
Thank you for all you do. I was thinking yesterday about the miracles that happen every day and How little I really see them. Every day is a gift from our Father in Heaven. In just a couple minutes I was able to count over thirty miracles. That is nothing near what could be written. I love you and pray for you. Have a wonderful week.
love,
your son
Vanhin Sandberg


The Land Field

Relaxation or Meditation?  
Jeremy fell asleep while Vanhin Speirs was e-mailing
so he took the opportunity to take some pictures.

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